East Pitcairn, New York
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Pitcairn town. It lies in ZIP code area 13648. It stands on Greenwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fine quadrangle.
Then and now
1916 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1916 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1916 USGS Oswegatchie quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1918 USGS Oswegatchie quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Fine quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Gouverneur quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
36 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of East Pitcairn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 63 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2002 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | EDWARDS FIRE |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 August 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 26 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | PITCAIRN FIRE |
| 4 July 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 12 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 July 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of East Pitcairn: 6 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Zirconium, Iron, Titanium, Metal, Talc-Soapstone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diana Complex | Iron, Titanium, Metal | Occurrence | ||
| East Pitcairn Fluorite Deposit | Fluorine-Fluorite, Zirconium | Occurrence | ||
| East Pitcairn Gypsum Deposit | Gypsum-Anhydrite, Zirconium | Occurrence | ||
| Fine Deposit | Feldspar, Quartz | Prospect | ||
| Gouverneur #1 Talc Mine & Mill | Talc-Soapstone | Past Producer | ||
| Green Farm Deposit | Iron | Past Producer | 1885, 1888 | |
| Green Farm Deposit | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Jayville Deposit | Iron | Past Producer | 1854 | |
| Jayville Mines | Iron | Past Producer | 1854 | |
| Shirtliff Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1838, 1888 |
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Pitcairn in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | East Pitcairn | $75,000 | Persistent showers and thunderstorms affected the southern portions of St. Lawrence County, NY during the late afternoon and evening hours on August 4, 2023. Radar estimates of between two and five inches of rain fell in this area, particularly in the Town of Pitcairn where emergency management reported multiple road washouts, including along Edwards Rd. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pond Settlement | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| South Edwards | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Kalurah | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Pitcairn | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Backus | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Jayville | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Fine | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Briggs | 5.8 miles | 18 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122566526 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 976276. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







